Won't hold soup

[David E Keller]

I was able to trade a finished turning for a bunch of this crappy looking wood... It's full of holes, and there's very little straight grain.:D

This thing is a little over 9" across and about 5" deep. I wasn't able to do the shoulder areas with my existing tooling, so I made a couple of boring bars with funky shapes from 1/2" cold rolled steel... Tool making is kind of fun and much less complicated than I expected.

Dry sanded to 400 then wet sanded with BLO at 600. Two coats of shellac and several coats of gloss WOP. I kind of wish I would have used something with a more satin finish, so maybe I'll do that on the next one.

I'm not really sold on the opening on this piece. It looks kind of plain. I thought about a collar, but I couldn't come up with anything that I really liked. Suggestions appreciated, and as always, so are comments and criticisms.
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[Roger Chandler]

Yikes! I suppose you did the wrap technique?! :eek::D:confused:

[Dennis Ford]

I like it a lot! The opening is plain but the wood and workmanship more than make up for that.

[Curt Fuller]

Is there an opening on that?

That is so cool and has so much going on, who's going to look at the opening, which looks really good anyway. Another incredible turning Keller! I'm drooling over it.

[Baxter Smith]

Neat wood, neat shape, neat holes, neat bottom, neat finish(how about steel wool?) Neat job! That should about cover it!

[John Keeton]

David, this one is just about perfect! Very nice piece, and I like the opening as is. And, yes, you did very well with that "crappy wood"!!

[Bill Bolen]

With the size of those voids you probably didn't need the laser. Kinda like having x-ray vision for hollowing. Beautiful piece of wood that you treated oh so well.

[neil mackay]

Well you what they say if it wont hold soup it must be art, and mighty fine at that.

[Hayes Rutherford]

Nice work on that one. You actually cut away the crappy part.

[Kathy Marshall]

Now that is a gorgeous piece of crappy wood! I think the form is just right and lets the wood and finish be the focus.

[Dan Forman]

I don't suppose you had to blow the chips out of that one too often. Which opening did you find boring? Nice job on the wood that remained. :)

Dan

[philip labre]

Just stunning!!! I think a collar is unnecessary with every thing else going on in the piece. Since you're unsure about the opening, I can hold onto it till you make up your mind.

[Pete Jordan]

You sure have the nerve! Great piece!

[Roland Martin]

Great form and finish. I also think that the opening is fine as it is, with the natural beauty in that wood and the justice you did to it, nobody will even notice the opening. Very nice work David.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Absolutely beautiful David! I wouldn't change a thing - especially the opening. Anything you do to it would just draw attention away from the form and you don't want that!

This belongs in an upscale gallery somewhere with proper lighting to showcase the grain! Very - Very nice!

[Donny Lawson]

That's a very interesting and beautiful piece. I like everything about it. The character is unreal and I know it was fun to turn.

[David E Keller]

Thanks, folks! I was fortunate to get this wood, and I figured all I needed to do was focus on not screwing it up.


Yikes! I suppose you did the wrap technique?! :eek::D:confused:

No wraps, Roger... I haven't found it necessary yet, but I did consider it a few times when I was working out near the widest portion of this piece.



With the size of those voids you probably didn't need the laser. Kinda like having x-ray vision for hollowing. Beautiful piece of wood that you treated oh so well.

I like the look of pieces with voids, and the openings really are nice when it comes to the hollowing. I still consider myself a newbie at this kind of turning, so being able to see the tip at times really helps me.


I don't suppose you had to blow the chips out of that one too often. Which opening did you find boring? Nice job on the wood that remained. :)

Dan

The boring opening is the one I made... The others I'm pretty happy with. Very little use of the air compressor made this piece even more fun to turn.


Just stunning!!! I think a collar is unnecessary with every thing else going on in the piece. Since you're unsure about the opening, I can hold onto it till you make up your mind.

Not a bad idea... Maybe next time you turn one that needs to be housed elsewhere, we can work out an exchange.

[Bernie Weishapl]

David that is a beautiful piece. I like the form and opening as is. Really nice form and the crappy wood looks really nice.

[Michael James]

There's another nice one David. You are getting some very "unstable" chunks of wood to the finish line. Congrats and thanks for posting!
mj

[Don Alexander]

just plug the opening and let folks wonder how you hollowed it out :eek::D:D:eek:

[Chip Sutherland]

Okay, I will buck the trend. But firstly, it is a well-done piece. I like the gloss finish as a nice juxtaposition for the gnarly negative spaces. Congrats on not having it explode on you. Curious to know how you managed with the negative space when hollowing. I use shrink wrap when I think something will not withstand the rigors of hollowing.

As for the opening, if you feel it is boring, you are the artist and it is your visual that isn't completely fulfilled. My suggestion is to accent the edges a little more to give it a greater dangerous/gnarly effect. If you have some artistic pens, try a little highlighting the edges with brown hues and maybe some grey and gold tones. Darken the folds/crevices where bark and dirt would naturally gravitate. Less is more so start timid then go bold. I've learned that my artists pens behave differently on woods so practice on wood with same tone and density....or take a risk.

If you are a pyro person, then you can achieve the same affect but it is certainly harder to control so use a variety of pens/tips and play with the heat controller. Steel wool is great to dust of carbon from pyro lines to mute the effect. The caution with pyro is the bleed-over effect on to the outside of the bowl...probably not something you want.

If it doesn't hold water (or soup), it's art so you have free reign to use everything.

[David DeCristoforo]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bob svoboda]

Really nice David. I don't see anything about the piece I don't love. Well done!

[George Guadiane]

That is STUNNING!
take a bow, I don't think you need to look for imaginary problems, the opening is FINE!

[John W Dixon]

David I guess I'll just add to what everybody else has said, Beautiful!

[Jim Burr]

Forget the collar....That wood holds it's own! Glad you didn't need an OMFS guy to fix you after that. The size is great and the finish isn't to glossy...IMHO

[charlie knighton]

David, its very nice

with all the voids and eyes, burls and grain ,,the plain opening is the thing, its does not compete with the rest of the piece

[John Hart]

Can't believe I missed this.

Beautifully executed. Holy smokes. :)

[Russell Eaton]

David I don't know how I missed this one, but I sure am glad that I found it. The shape of the form is great and I like the opening a lot. I can only imagine the bounce that you got from the burl. I like about anything with voids in them and this is superb. Thanks for showing.

[Cathy Schaewe]

I don't think it could be improved upon -

[Michelle Rich]

very lovely piece. I tell ya, throwing around my 10 inch diameter turnings off center, or this??? This would scare me worse!!! Good job.

[David E Keller]

Thanks, folks! I suppose I'll leave the opening alone for now. Chip, I appreciate the feedback, but I remember 'knowing when to stop' being one of the lessons I learned in art classes... If I can't think of a sure way to improve it, I'll leave it alone. Michelle, this is not even in the same realm of scary turning that your pieces inhabit.